This is a comedy flash fiction inspired by a Twitter challenge to write a romance about a vacuum cleaner shop and a food fight.
The leather gleamed, the instruments sparkled. Captain nodded in approval.
The window was open. A breeze slipped in, bringing the fragrance of lilacs, wet bark and spring…
“Wait! What do you want from me? Are you expecting some kind of epiphany about killing being bad, is that it? Well I know that it is, and I’m worried about Jared, too. He’s going off the deep end. But do you think this is the way to fix it?”
“What are you having, then, my love?”
Lucy laughed as Gabriel bristled at her side. “It’s an affectation. You’ll get used to it.” She turned to the bartender, who looked entirely on form in the cocktail bar, with his perfect hair and twirled handlebar moustache.
Her hand shook as she lifted her violin, meeting the eyes of the conductor. His were red-rimmed. He’d been crying. He nodded…
“I don’t believe it.”
He shrugged. “Well, that’s quite alright, dear. We are not Tinkerbell, we do not rely on your belief in order to exist. Yet, I am still a demon. And I am your boss. So you have two options right now. You…
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